Optical fibers and solar power generation

Solar Energy

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 405-416

  Kribus, Abraham ^a   Zik, Ory ^a   Karni, Jacob ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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EID: 0001591209     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-092X(00)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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